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Note that this generally applies to small, well-groomed beards, especially goatees. Having a [[Beard of Barbarism|huge bushy beard]] turns one into a [[Nature Hero]], [[Seadog Beard|sailor]], grizzled old prospector or [[Boisterous Bruiser]]. Except, of course, for the beards recommended by certain religions that are in the public focus at the moment.
The characters who sport a '''Beard of Evil''' are usually either the [[Big Bad]] or a second-in-command. This may play into the fact that in both western and eastern culture, goatees are traditionally worn by members of the aristocracy, and [[Aristocrats Are Evil]].
The Beard of Evil has a long history of being associated most closely with the [[Evil Twin]] or [[Evil Counterpart]], and you [[Mirror Universe|probably already]] [[Star Trek: The Original Series|know why]]. It also scores extra evil points if [[Bald of Evil|combined with a shaven head]]. (Anybody with a bald head and a beard is pretty much guaranteed to be a card-carrying villain unless they are [[Bald Black Leader Guy|black]] or East Asian. Blame [[Flash Gordon (comic strip)|Alex Raymond]] and Anton LaVey.)
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* That first enemy that appears in ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' wanting to take over the Kamiya dojo and claiming to be the Battousai.
* ''[[One Piece]]''
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** Also, four of [[Evil Old Folks| the five
** [[General Ripper|Admiral Akainu]] grows quite the menacing, well-groomed beard during the timeskip. But amusingly enough, he's gone from an [[Ax Crazy]] purely evil [[Knight Templar]] who'd murder friend and foe alike at the drop of a hat to developing [[Even Evil Has Standards|a few redeeming qualities]] after {{spoiler|becoming Fleet Admiral}}. Not to mention, he's turned into something of a [[Non-Action Big Bad]] thanks to {{spoiler|his new job turning him into something of a desk jockey.}}
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''
** Lecter from the [[Filler Arc| Virtual Nightmare Arc]] had the typical diabolical goatee.
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* The Count of Monte Cristo in ''[[Gankutsuou]]'' sports a sharp, blue goatee to complete his Byronic character. He isn't exactly pure evil, but definitely counts as a [[Manipulative Bastard]] willing to get innocents mixed to his pursuit of vengeance.
* In ''[[The Familiar of Zero|The Familiar of Zero]]'' when he arrives, Ward is shown a few times in flashbacks where he acts kind to the main character, and has no beard. However, in the present, he has a beard, and is, well, evil.
* Emperor Ganishka from ''[[Berserk]]''. His beard is long, thick, and disheveled. Appropriately, he's one of the most monstrously evil characters in the setting what with all the murders, massacres, and grotesquely brutal [[Fate Worse Than Death|Fates Worse Than Death]] that he's responsible for.
* ''[[Blue Exorcist]]'': Mephisto Pheles has one impressively sharp, blue, goatee. Interesting, considering [[Faust|what]] his [[Names to Run Away From Very Fast|name]] is an obvious pun off of. Whether or not he is evil however, has [[Wild Mass Guessing|yet to be fully revealed.]]
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** A [[Post-Crisis]] version of Amalak was introduced a couple of years ago. With the cool beard, naturally.
* Taken [[Up To Eleven]] by Deimos (a henchmen of Ares, [[Wonder Woman]]'s foe) whose beard is, itself, evil, being ''made of snakes''.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Referenced in the ''[[Harry Potter]]/[[DC Universe]]'' crossover ''[[First Times]]'', featuring Hermione Granger, Green Lantern. When Hermione meets her [[Evil Twin]] from the Crime Syndicate of Amerika, and the two work out that the Syndicate's attack on Earth is a ploy by Owlman to put him in charge of both universes, they part on peaceful (if not exactly amicable) terms to warn their respective sides -- but not before Hermione Butcher complains
{{quote|Your dimension’s all wrong, anyways. ... Few goatees here either, like that old show when they crossed over to the soft dimension, everyone there all smooth and nice and cuddly. No one boldly going to enslave new worlds. Pathetic pacifists.}}
== [[Film]] ==
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* Christo and Shabal from ''[[Act of Valor]]''. Averted with Senior Chief who is bearded but good.
* Dr. Arliss Loveless, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Wild Wild West (film)|Wild Wild West]]'' has one of the [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/File:Arliss_Loveless.jpeg strangest beard styles] in film history; seriously, could you even call it a goatee? Still, it ''does'' make him look pretty evil.
* [[Big Bad|William Afton]] has one in the film version of ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's]]''.
== [[Literature]] ==
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{{quote|'''Jim Rage:''' "You don't understand, man... The Russians were already working on a beard... ''[[Doctor Strangelove|We had a facial hair gap!]]''"}}
* Parodied with Chad Ghostal, Space Ghost's [[Evil Twin]] brother on ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]''. His facial hair is different every time he's on screen.
* An episode of ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' featured this trope with [[Mirror Universe]]; the kids are sent into an [[Alternate Universe]] via a neighborhood swimming pool, where the KND is feared, evil, and lead by an evil version of Number 4, who wears a goatee - [[Card-Carrying Villain|he claims it makes him "eviler"]], although Numbuh 3 says it makes him look ''dumber'', with Numbuh 2 adding that he should "give it back to the goat he stole it from". The original Number 4 calls him out on this as well, claiming that since he—the original—is brave, then the evil one must be a coward.
* Fire Lord Ozai in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', along with several other villains, including Long Feng and Combustion Man.
* The Villain on the ''[[Jimmy Timmy Power Hour]] 3''.
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